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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
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News North Korean carrier flies to China’s Shenyang for first time in four yearsExperts note that city is biggest near DPRK border and has long been a hub for North Koreans in China A North Korean passenger plane flew to the Chinese city of Shenyang on Wednesday, the first flight in four years to the regional city with a significant population of DPRK nationals. An Air Koryo Tu-204-100B jet landed at Shenyang’s Taoxian International Airport at around 12:50 p.m. KST on Wednesday after an almost hour-long flight from Pyongyang, according to flight-tracking services Umetrip and FlightRadar 24. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |